Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-07-30

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Mrs. Hanlon of On.aha is visiting
her daughter. Mrs. BickfOrd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Plotner have
returned from their eastern trip.
L. T. BJcCowen ESQ. a prominent
lawyer Of Bedford Iowa. is in the city.
He thinks some Of locating here.
County Clerk Hartman and wife and
Recorder Morton and wife attended the
Downs reunion Wednesday.
L. X. Morris, of Holdridge, Neb.,
proprietor of the Morris Lumber yard,
OF this place, was in the city a few
days this week.
$. G. Pillsbury and Rev. G. G.
Thomas were in Philiipsbutg this
week. They We're surprised at the
boom we are having.
Mr. Mcclure and daughter, and IA
niece who have been here visiting N.
b. Mccormick and family viii return
To Pennsylvania to-day.
MIR. and Mrs. T. Davidson, of Crow,
have gone on two months visit to
friends at Pulcifer, Wisconsin. They
order the HERALD sent to that place
during their visit.
n. B. Mccormick was over at Long
Island, Wednesday, attending a law
suit. He says corn locks finely from
five or six miles north of Phillipsburg
to within few miles OF Long Island.
Frank Strain, Cashier Of the Nation
al Bank, Ex-Judge Pratt, of this city
and John Strain, of lIirwin, viii start
for California and Oregon next Sunday.
They expect to be absent two months.
Mr.. Kemp, of Marion. Iowa, was
here a few days this week. He came
TO attend the burial of his sister, Mrs.
@. W. Stinson, but did not arrive uu-
til after the funeral, which took place
last Saturday morning.
DIR. Sprague of Atchison county for
merly of Phillipsburg has been in town
several days. He thinks from what he
has heard that this town will have 5000
inhabitants in two years. He regrets
he left Phillipsburg.
Jacob and Mrs Nipps have returned
from Topeka, where Mr.. Nipps went
to make his report as County Treasur-
eT TO the State Treasurer. Mr.. Nipps
says corn in Phillips county IS ahead of
a great portion of the country between
here and Topeka.
Hon II. A Yonge, Register of the
KIrwin land office, was at home, in
BelOit, last Sunday and Monday. He
appears to keep steady in the newspa-
per gales that are blowing him up for
exercising his judgement as to which
journals the final proof notices shall be
published in.-Beloit Courier.
III. Bethune, of St. Louis of the
firm of Bethune & Craney Brothers
was a caller at this Office last Saturday.
He has the contract to do the grading
from Phillipsburg to the Norton county
line and will begin work in ten days,
He expects to have the road bed finish
ed by November lst. This firm is
grading the road through Republic
county.
Q. r. Robbins, a good farmer of
Bow Creek, was a caller at the HERALD
office Wednesday. lie is an old timer,
locating here in 1873. He says corn
looks better in his locality than north
of the Solomon. He resides about -
miles south of Phillipsburg. Mr.. Gil
more, a neighbOr, also an Old settler
accompanied Mr.. Robbins and we
found him to be an intelligent, social
gentleman.
Isaac Griffin who resides four miles
north of Logan called for talk with
the HERALD man few days ago. He
says the corn prospects are good in his
locality. Mr.. Griffin says that he has
noticed for years that if we get late fall,
or winter rains or good SHOWS during the
winter that the season following is pref
ty apt to be Il good one for crops. The
reason IS that the ground has consider
able moisture to start out with in the
spring. His reasoning IS good.
The HERALD is a friend of the boys
on general principles, and 1t ordinarily
does NOT find much fault with them. bUt